…The building style of the Necropolis resembles an ancient style used widely in the early days of the Elmoreden Empire. Rooms and passageways of standard size are connected in irregular ways, so seems to have been constructed over many eras. The structures and preservation of the detailed decorations are in very good condition.
Even though the Necropolis was constructed for religious purposes by the followers of Shilen, sculptures and frescos depicting Shilen are not found here. The culture of the Giants avoided direct representation of religious beings. Instead, multiple rock statues are scattered throughout, depicting guardians of the temple. Rather than having a decorative function, they are considered related to the orders for preservation, as well as enchantment.
Next, some of the details of the clay tablets excavated here in the Saints Necropolis show well what the meaning was of this building to the followers of Shilen at that time.
…This place is the most holy cathedral for Shilen to live when returning to the real world after crossing over the river of life from the land of death and is the palace of immortality from which to reign as the queen of the dead.
The believers that suffer under the torment of the hypocrites of light and follow Shilen. Even if they were to die here at the sword of the cultists, they believed they would gain the glory of immortal life, living in this place under the authority of Shilen.
To the followers of Shilen, the Necropolis was recognized as a holy place, located between the land of the dead and that of the living. They believed the divine providence of Shilen was with them in the Necropolis upon death, and that the afterlife would be no different from their previous lives …
The Catacombs resemble a prototype from a hundred years before the Necropolis. Ironically, it is possible to read more clues about the history of the Catacombs than the Necropolis, although it received much more damage. The clues of the fights that took place between the army of the empire and the followers of Shilen yet remain. Emperor Shunaiman named this place the Catacombs, meaning the graveyard of the cultists. It is as if he knew from the beginning what the outcome of his bloody war would be …
